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UNITED STATES PATENT UEETQE.

J.,S. BEALS, OF ALABAMA CENTR-E, NE\V YORK.

llVlPROVElVl ENT iN SH EEPRACKS.

Specification forming` part of Letters Patent No.l 50,550, dated October 24, 1865.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, J. S. BEALS, ot' Alabama Centre, in the county of Genesee and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sheep-Rack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the suine, reference being.

had to the accompanying,r drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is' a transverse vertical sect on of my invention, taken in the line .r x,'Fig. 2; Fig'. 2, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts. y

' This invent-ion consists in a novel construction ofthe sheep-rack, whereby the same may be used either within or out ot' doors, the rack perfectly cleansed an d supplied with feed without admitting of the sheep coming in contact with it, and each animal allowed to have its due share of food, and the necks of the animals prevented frombeing chafed in feeding from the rack.

A A represent the two end pieces of the rack, thel ltops of which are formed with a double pitch. The sides ot' the rack are com posedo f vertical rotating standards B, placed loosely -on the rods, the upper ends of which are fitted u in i feed-boards, the ends of which are provided with cleats d, which .are fitted loosely, so as to turn at the ends of the rails a of the rack. The outer edges of. the feed-boards D D are con'- nected by joints or hinges fto board, E E, near theircenters. (See Fig. 1.)' By this arrangement of the boards D D ld E important results are attained. By turning` the boards Doutward to e vertical position, and then turning the boards E E to a similar position, the sides ofthe rack will be completely inclosed and renderedfinnccessible to the sheep, and the feeder can sweep The boards' E may be secured in the position designed for then), when serving as a roof or cover, by means cfa book or any proper fastening, and one of the end pieces, A, of the rack is provided with a door, through which the dirt from the rack is swept.

Having thus described my invention, I claim es new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The feed-boards D D, connected to the sides of the rack so as-to turn thereon, in combination with the boards E E,- attached to' the feed-boards D I) by hinges or joints, substnntially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The revolving standards B, arran ged an d applied to the ruck substantie-ily as and for J. S. BEALS.

' the purpose specified.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. BROWN, E. N. HOPKINS. 

